Late last night I had my parting tool catch on the spur and my only tool rest base cracked and lost a piece, so now it is useless. I've now checked all the major sites; Penn state, woodcraft, rockler, woodturnerscatalogue, grizzly and amazon with no luck; only place that had one was oneway but I'll get a new lathe off craigslist before dropping 200+ on such as simple item. So does anyone have any clue on where to find a replacement, generic or otherwise for an old lathe?
Find a good welding shop that can properly furnace braze the parts back together. When done correctly the part will be as good as new and will be less expensive.
MIKE
Checked both those sites, don't have a modern equivalent part number, mine is ddl-171 which they list as out of stock.
Ebay is also out; I had to lose that account due to far to much compulsive spending.
I will try the local machine shop in town, didn't think cast iron could be welded.
Have no idea where you live in NY, but went Craig's list and started in Albany tools thread and worked my way down the list to Catskills doing a SEARCH for wood lathe.
Check cities near you might have a tool rest base can use or new old lathe for not much money.
Bill, I'll keep checking the local craigslist, I'm actually 4 hours from the Catskills to the NW. I've seen old lathes for sale, just not parts yet but I'll keep looking.
Here's a thought if someone has access to a welder and some misc. tools. I guess you could say I made a banjo for a hollowing bridge I made. It's not fancy but it works and all it is is a piece of heavy flat steel for a base, a hollow that will accept the tool rest. Nut welded on and a toggle handle to hold them. The whole thing is attached to the bed via a big carriage bolt and a piece of plate steel with the whole thing is tightened down via a star nut.
It's not fancy but it does work and might be a working option till you can find a proper banjo.
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